Kalan means mushroom in Tamil. But this recipe contains an equal or more quantity of cabbage too, though it is called Kalan masala..popular street food sold on pushcarts on the roadside, it is called rottu kadai kaalan or roadside kaalaan. Now the addition of cabbage can be because of the cost factor, as button mushrooms are pricey compared to the cabbage. Or maybe to give firmness to the mushrooms when fried. Whatever, this recipe works best with a combination of mushrooms and cabbage.

Chop the vegetables and add them to a bowl and add everything needed for pakoda except oil.. Just keep it for 10 minutes, the required amount of water will come out of it, we don't need to add water and knead it..

Keep a kadai with oil when hot squeeze and sprinkle the batter all over and cook till golden and crisp. Take out in a tissue and do the same with rest of the dough and keep ready.

Heat a pan, pour oil in it, add onions and saute well. While onions are sauteing, add curry leaves and saute ginger and garlic.

Once everything is sauteed add all the sauce and vinegar and saute along with chilli powder and garam masala powder, coriander powder... When everything is fried well, pour some water and add salt to it and let it boil..

After it boils for five minutes, in a bowl add water and corn flour dissolve it and pour it into boiling water...

Finally, kaalan masala recipe ready to enjoy topped with few chopped onion and coriander.